The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-08


mediately, be assembled, and the Legisla-
ture Immediately that it is assembled shall
proceed to choose by ballot a Regent or
| Council of Regency, who shall administer
! the Government in the name OF the King,
aId exercise all the powers which are con-
! stitutionally vested in the King, until such
| heir shall have attained the age of eighteen
| wears, which age is declared to be the legal
majority of such Sovereign.
Article "a. The King is Sovereign OF all
! the Chiefs and of all the people.
Article 30. 40 Titles of Honor, Orders
and other distinctions emanate from the
! King.
Article SO. The King coins money and
regulates the currency by law.
Article 81 The King, in case of invasion
or rebellion, can place the whole Kingdom,
| or anv part of it, under martial law.
Article SO. The National Ensign shall
! not be changed, except by Act of the Leg
/ islature.
Article 80. The King cannot be sued or
| held to account in any Court or Tribunal
of the Kingdom.
Article 40. There shall continue to be a
| Council of State for advising the King in
all matters for the good of the State
wherein he may require its advice, which
| Council shall be called the Kings Privy
Council of State, and the members thereof
shall be appointed by the King, to hold
office during His Majesty's pleasure, and
which Council shall have and exercise only
such powers as are given TO it by the Con-
stitution.
Article Al The Cabinet shall consist of
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minis
ter OF the Interior, the Minister of Finance
and the Attorney General, and they shall
be His Majesty's special advisers in the
executive affairs of the Kingdom and
they shall be ex officiO members of His
Majesty's Privy Council of State. They
shall be appointed and commissioned by
the King ard shall be removed by him,
only upon a vote of want of confidence
passed by a majority of all the elective
members of the Legislature, or upon con-
victiOn of felony and shall be subject to
Impeachment. No act of the King shall
have any effect unless it be countersigned
by member of the Cabinet, who by that
signature makes himself responsible.
Article AZ. Each member of the Cabinet
shall keep an Office at the seat of Govern
ment, and shall be accountable for the con-
duct of his deputies and clerks. The Cabi-
net hold seats ex officio in the Legislature,
with the right to vote, except on question
of want of confidence IN them.
Article 49, The Minister OF Finance shall
present to the Legislature in the name of
the Government, on the first day of each
biennial session, the Financial Budget, in
the Hawaiian and English languages.
Article A. The Legislative power of the
Kingdom is vested in the King and the
Legislature, which shall consist of the
Mobiles and Representatives sitting to-
gether.
Article 40. The Legislative body shall be
styled the Legislature of the Hawaiian
Kingdom, and shall assemble biennially in
the month of May. The first regular ses-
sion shall be held in the>year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.
Article 46. Every member of the Legis-
Iature shall take the following oath: 1
soIemnly swear, in the presence of
Almighty God, that L will faithfully sup
port the Constitution of the Hawaiian
Kingdom, and conscientiously and i'm
partially discharge my duties as member
Of the Legislature.
Article AZ. The Legislature has full
power and authority to amend the Consti-
tuition as hereinafter provided; and from
time to time to make all manner of whole
,Oy1,a To- NOT ranu rt to tho Cnp
ton.
Article 4S. Every bill which shall have
passed the Legislature, shall before it be-
comes law, be presented to the King. If he
approve he shall sign it and it shall thereby
become law; but, if not, he shall return
it, with his objections, to the Legislature,
which shall enter the objections at large
ON their journal and proceed to reconsider
it. If after such reconsideration it shall
be approved by two-thirds vote of all the
elective members of the Legislature it
shall become law. In all such cases. the
votes shall be determined by yeas and
nays, and the names of the persons voting
for and against the bill shall be entered on
the journal of the Legislature. If any bill
shall not be returned by the King within
ten days Sundays excepted) after it shall
have been presented to him, the same shall
be law in like manner as If he had signed
it, unless the Legislature by their adjourn
inent prevent it's return, in which case it |
shall not be law
Article 40. The Legislature shall be the |
judge of the qualifications of it's own |
members, except as may hereafter be pro-
vided by law, and a majority shall consti- |
tute quorum to do business; but smaller
number may adjourn from day to day, and |
compel the attendance of absent mem bers,
in such manner and under such penalties
as the Legislature may provide.
Article so. The Legislature shall choose
it's own officers and determine the rules of
its own proceedings.
Article 81. The Legislature shall have
authority to punish by imprisonment not
exceeding thirty days, every person, not a
who shall be guilty of disrespect
TO the Legislature by any disorderly or
behavior in It's presence; or
Who, during the time OF its sitting, shall !.
publish any false report of its proceedss-I III